If you are interested in joining any of our projects
as a developer, the best way is to do so via the SourceForge
website.
Platosys Technology is an unincorporated consultancy
whose members are associated informally
and who work for themselves but learn from, and mentor,
each other. If you are interested in programming,
transparency, music and freedom and want to learn as much
as you have something to teach, send us an email!
Edward Barrow
Platosys Technology is Edward Barrow
Edward is a self-taught computer programmer whose skills include the Java programming language,
web-design using xhtml and css, Ajax and Javascript, XML and XSLT, and SQL. A self-confessed nerd, he has
used the GNU/Linux operating system for over ten years, and exclusively in the third millennium.
Education
Edward graduated with third-class honours from Cambridge University in 1978, where he read
Natural Sciences and Land Economy. He thinks things might have been rather different had he
read Computer Sciences there, but as it was he didn't discover his interest in, and aptitude for,
technology until later in life.
Career
His primary career has been in copyright and intellectual property, and it was the challenges to
copyright posed by new technology that spurred his interest in the digital world.
He remains connected to developments in copyright and licensing practice, supports
the rights of creators towards their creations and advocates fair licensing, including
voluntary collective licensing.
Challenges
Software design and cutting code demands mental agility, and the brain, like any other muscle,
needs exercise if it is to avoid decay. Now into his sixth decade, Edward keeps mentally fit by
coding every day, and tries to keep physically fit by cycling every day.
Contact
Edward Barrow can be contacted via email: edward DOT barrow AT platosys DOT co DOT uk;
or by SMS or telephone on 077 1035 6416.
Christopher Harman
Chris is a self-taught computer programmer whose skills - which he is continuing to acquire -
include Java, HTML, and Flash
He uses Mac OSX systems
Chris' primary interests are music and gaming, and he has taken up the challenge of learning
to write programs to pursue these interests and to become a creator as well as a consumer of games
and game-related content.
As well as writing code, Chris produces hip-hop and other music.